Huawei 40W SuperCharger leaks in the wild

The Honor CEO George Zhao revealed at IFA 2018 that the company is planning to introduce the smartphone Honor Magic 2 with almost 100% screen-to-body ratio and sliding back panel that exposes the front camera. Zhao also said the new device would support up to 40W charging speeds and now sources from China revealed the first look of the actual charger. The guys from Chongdian Tou reported an exclusive leaked photo of the Huawei SuperCharge device that is expected to top the battery of the Honor Magic 2 in virtually no time. While the input is standard - 100-240V~50/60Hz, the output...

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Samsung turns Zootopia characters into AR emoji

Samsung's AR Emoji family grew by three more characters - Zootopia favorites Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps and Flash. They are available in the Galaxy App store - just launch the camera app in AR Emoji mode, hit the + button and download the new emoji pack. Once that's done, you can create short GIFs you can send to your friends on your favorite messaging app or even pin the image to your Always On Display to give your phone a bit of extra personality. And in case you missed it, the characters from Frozen, The Incredibles and the Disney classics (Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Daisy) are also...

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Our Honor Play video review is up

Gaming phones have recently made themselves a niche with the Razer Phone being the first gamer-oriented smartphone. Since then, there have been at least three more gamer-centric phones: the Xiaomi Black Shark, the Asus ROG phone, and the Nubia Red Magic, just to name a few. Honor decided to take on these gaming phones by releasing a similar kind of device: the Honor Play. Honor packed Huawei's Kirin 970 CPU along with Huawei's GPU Turbo (which reallocates computing resources on the software level) for improving gaming and graphics performance. Of course, the Honor Play doesn't have...

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro's AI camera features leak in APK teardown

Here's another Huawei Mate 20 Pro leak to add to today's tally. XDA-Developers uncovered some new features we might expect in the Mate 20 Pro based on information uncovered in an APK teardown of the camera app from a leaked build of EMUI 9 that surfaced last week. Of course, any of the features mentioned in the teardown won't reflect what users will see in final retail software. Features can always be removed and replaced before a phone ships. With that said, let's take a look at some of these features. The Mate 20 Pro is believed to be able to record video with the artificial bokeh...

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Samsung Galaxy Note9 updated to disable Bixby button (kind of)

The Samsung Galaxy Note9 is now receiving an update to the Bixby app that would let users change the way that the Bixby button behaves. We expected an update earlier this month and its now here. The default behavior of this extra button is that a single press will interrupt whatever you're doing on open Samsung's in-house assistant app. With the Bixby app update, a new option allows you to set the Bixby button to require a double-press to open the Bixby app. This is unlike the Galaxy S9+, which lets you disable the button from doing anything when pressing it. In either device, pressing and...

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Xiaomi Mi 5 starts receiving MIUI 10 Global Stable

The Mi 5 is more than two years old, but that doesn't mean Xiaomi has stopped caring for it - today, the company has started rolling out the much-anticipated stable MIUI 10 to the users. The handset is currently receiving an OTA carrying V10.0.1.0.OAAMIFH build number and measuring 549MB. The changelog mentions most of the key features that the MIUI 10 promised to deliver from the beginning - navigation gestures, all-new UI with full-screen-centric design, Natural Sound System, camera improvements like portrait mode for single camera smartphones and re-design of some system...

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Huawei's AirPods competitor leaks with more images of the Huawei Mate 20 with a dual-curve display

Huawei is going to announce the Mate 20 Pro on October 16 in London and we've been seeing more and more leaks surrounding the upcoming Huawei flagship. Today, some new leaks reveal Huawei's possible AirPods competitor and some more images of the alleged Huawei Mate 20 Pro and its super thin bezels and dual-curve display like Samusng's flagships or as Huawei has done on the Mate RS and Mate 10 Porsche design models. Roland Quandt, frequent leaker of all things mobile has tweeted a couple of images of the alleged Huawei Mate 20 Pro (or non-Pro). At this stage, it's no longer certain which...

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Sony Xperia XZ3 up for pre-order in the US with a sweet wireless headset bundle

Sony's next mainstream flagship was announced at the end of August and it's about time to hit the streets. Today Amazon.com listed the Xperia XZ3 for pre-order and the price is $899 - just as expected. It sure is a hefty price but considering that most manufacturers have bumped up their prices close to the $1,000 mark and Apple has even exceeded it, the XZ3 isn't all that bad. Also, Amazon is offering a sweet bundle if you pre-order it that will surely help you get on the other side of the fence. Everyone who places a pre-order on the link below, you will get a free pair of...

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OnePlus wants you to name its TV

Following the announcement from OnePlus that it's are developing a TV product incorporating premium flagship design, solid build quality and great user experience to more seamlessly connect the home - the company is turning to the OnePlus community to help with naming it. Just don't call it TV McTVface! Little is known currently on what form the OnePlus TV will take. While it would be natural to think that this will it be a fully-fledged smart TV, OnePlus would be limited by consumers TV replacement cycles. A more likely option, at least in the short term, that would result in far...

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Apple paid its $15.3 billion Irish tax bill

Following Apple paying 13.1 billion euro ($15.3 billion) in back taxes, the EU antitrust regulator plans to withdraw legal action against Ireland. In 2016 the European Commission ruled that Apple was unfairly given tax breaks in an illegal ‘sweatheart' tax deal with the Irish government. Citing that it gave Apple an ‘significant advantage' over its competition, ruling that Apple had to pay taxes it owed from between 2003 and 2014 - plus interest. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager took legal action against the Irish Government last year for failing to recover the...

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Huawei Mate 20 Lite in for review

The Huawei Mate 20 Lite has a heavy burden on its shoulders - it needs to be good enough to be worthy of the "Mate 20" name, but at the same time it competes with Kirin 970-powered Honor phones and the Huawei nova 3. A chipset isn't everything and the Kirin 710 is certainly powerful enough to run all the AI tools that the phone packs, including the smart gallery search. For example, you can search for "2017 sea sunrise" and it will fish out the relevant photos from the internal storage - no Google Photos necessary. Speaking of photography, the Mate 20 Lite has two dual cameras - ...

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OnePlus 6T's dual camera confirmed by leaked render

The OnePlus 6T is set to adopt the taller screen of the Oppo R17 Pro - a 6.4" AMOLED panel with 1,080 x 2,340px resolution (19.5:9), up from 6.28" 1,080 x 2,280px (19:9) of the current model. However, it seems that the 6T will not adopt the triple camera. A leaked render of the upper part of the back matches that earlier case leak and shows only a dual camera, missing the Time of Flight 3D module of the R17 Pro. Does this mean it will be the dual cam module from the Oppo R17 instead? Note that the R17 has a different screen, so the new OnePlus will differ from both Oppo...

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Xiaomi's Mi A2 Red Edition goes on sale tomorrow

Xiaomi released its Android One-powered smartphone, the Mi A2 early last month and to keep the show going, the company just teased a new Red Edition of the handset. REDefine your style! #MiA2 Red Edition goes on sale tomorrow on https://t.co/D3b3Qt4Ujl & @amazonIN. #UpgradeToA2 pic.twitter.com/2fgPGbVYdQ— Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) September 19, 2018 The new Red Edition will join the ranks of the Black, Blue and Gold variants and aside from the color, the tweet doesn't say it's going to be any different in terms of hardware. The price is also the same, or at least in India, from...

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Meizu unveils aptX-enabled headset, 10,000mAh 18W power bank

While the new Meizu V8 has a 3.5mm headphone jack, you may want an affordable Bluetooth headset anyway - like the Meizu EP52 Lite that was unveiled alongside it today. This is a lightweight (16g) in-ear headset with Bluetooth 4.2 and aptX support. The earplugs have 10mm drivers with a power output of 10mW. Meizu EP52 Lite: IPX5 rated Bluetooth headset with aptX support The EP52 Lite are sweatproof (IPX5) and will play music for 8 hours straight while you exercise. The battery can be charged back up in an hour and a half. You can snag a pair right now in White, Gray or Blue for...

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Can you still use an iPhone 5s in 2018 with iOS 12?

The Apple iPhone 5s was launched back in 2013. It was the third time Apple had tried the 's' nomenclature, which eventually became a product cycle for the company. Despite the name, the iPhone 5s launched with several major advancements over its predecessor. One of them was the fingerprint sensor or Touch ID, which we take for granted these days (well before the iPhone X came around, anyway). It was also the first phone to have a 64-bit processor, which is so commonplace now we don't even talk about it anymore. The lists of firsts continue with the debut of gold color in the lineup,...

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Oppo Realme 2 Pro is revealed by company CEO

Realme recently released the Realme 2 and its announcement concluded with the words "one more thing to surprise you, see you in September", hinting at an arrival of a Pro version. The first video teaser suggested a smaller notch and lack of a Diamond-pattern back panel, but today the company's CEO Madhav Sheth spoke to a YouTuber, revealing the phone's look and its chipset. Screengrabs from the interview The video begins with some flattering camera angles of the Realme 2 Pro, later strategically positioned in the center of the shot while a selfie is taken. During the...

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Google Assistant arrives on Android Auto

Google has just announced that Assistant is finally available for Android Auto. It will appear both on the app and on supported cars and will be activated with the "OK Google" command. Google Assistant will support plenty of commands while you are driving. You can navigate to specific points of interest, and you might use both Google Maps and Waze, according to your preferences. The usual questions "what's on my calendar" or "call John" or "remind me to arrange dinner plans" are also supported. Google Assistant will work with follow-up questions similar to how it's performing...

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OnePlus 6T will be exclusive to Amazon India

Amazon India has claimed the OnePlus 6T as an exclusive product. It has a teaser page with a "Coming soon" label and the option to sign up for updates. This means that the official unveiling is getting closer (based on the screenshot shared by OnePlus we think this will happen on October 17). And as if to rub it in, Amazon also has a teaser for the new Bullets V2 headphones with USB-C. Again with no launch date. The OnePlus 6 took less than a month from being listed on Amazon (April 23) to getting officially unveiled (May 16), which more or less aligns with the October 17...

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Huawei teases the Mate 20 rectangular camera setup once again

Huawei is launching the Mate 20 and the Mate 20 Pro next month in London. We saw some spy photos of the vanilla phone with a rectangular camera setup, the company teased it with the official invitation and then with an official video teaser. A new clip has just appeared on Weibo and some good soul reuploaded it on YouTube where the square is once again the center of attention. This video is similar to the previous, clearly suggesting the new phone will "push" and "explore" new boundaries with its 7 nm Kirin 980 chipset and new camera setup. The Mate 20 Pro is expected to be the first...

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Case maker's OnePlus 6T renders show just two cameras on the back

Rumors so far have suggested that the OnePlus 6T would be almost identical to the recently released Oppo R17 Pro, which means that the former will borrow the triple camera setup on the back. But case maker ZGAR thinks otherwise. An AliExpress listing of several ZGAR cases envisions the upcoming OnePlus 6T with two cameras on the back instead of three so we assume the TOF sensor won't be included. While it's not advisable to take this as solid evidence, case makers typically get dimensions well in advance so they can prepare their accessories in time for the launch so it's very...

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Apple iPhone XS, XS Max and XR battery capacities revealed

As always, Apple failed to mention some of the important specs of its new phones, including the battery capacity. But the Chinese regulatory TENAA has stepped up and filled us in. The listings reveal that the iPhone XS features a slightly smaller battery than its direct predecessor, the iPhone X (2,658 mAh vs. 2,716 mAh) and secondly, the iPhone XS Max has the biggest cell (3.174 mAh) ever to be integrated into an iPhone. Last, but not least, the iPhone XR has a 2,942 mAh battery, and even though that's less than the iPhone XS Max's battery, Apple claims the budget iPhone has the best...

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Meizu V8 and V8 Pro unveiled: 5.7" 18:9 screens and attractive prices

The Meizu V8 is an entry-level phone with a 5.7" 18:9 screen. The phone comes in two flavors - regular and Pro - which cost CNY 800 and CNY 1,100 respectively (that's $115/€100 and $160/€140 in western currency). In both cases you're looking at a 720 x 1,440px screen that promises 1,000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 450nits. The batteries are almost the same - 3,200mAh for the regular and 3,100mAh for the Pro. The real difference comes from the build material, chipset, memory and camera. Meizu V8 in Black and White The Meizu V8 Pro is made of metal and sports a MediaTek...

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Meizu 16X announced with Snapdragon 710

The Meizu 16X has gone official and you can pre-order it today from the company's own website. If we're reading things right, the pre-ordered phones will ship out next week on September 26. The price is CNY 2,100 ($305/€260), making it more affordable than both the Meizu 16 and Meizu 16 Plus, which are CNY 2,700 and CNY 3,200 respectively. Those are the prices on the official site, you can find those two for less on JD.com. That's the price for the model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB storage, if you want 128GB you'll have to shell out CNY 2,400 ($350/€300). The RAM capacity is fixed at 6GB,...

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Sony is tugging on our nostalgia strings with the $99 PlayStation Classic

To celebrate the 24 birthday of the PlayStation console, Sony is releasing a PlayStation Classic edition on December 3. The PlayStation Classic looks identical to its forebear, including all the same buttons and looks (although there's no actual disk reader under that hood) but has shrunken 45% compared to the original. Bundled with two original controllers and 20 games, including Final Fantasy VII, Tekken 3, Ridge Racer Type 4 and Wild Arms, the PlayStation Classic will be ready to plug and play and even offer local multiplayer on supported titles. Sony let's you register...

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Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro and Mi 8 Lite debut

Xiaomi's Mi 8 family is expanding as today, Xiaomi added the Mi 8 Pro and the Mi 8 Lite (also rumored as Mi 8X). The higher-end device named Mi 8 Pro and seems destined to become the international version of the Mi 8 Explorer. It comes with a pressure-sensitive screen fingerprint scanner, but swaps the 3D structure Face unlock for an IR face unlock and ads two more colors - Blue and Gold (while also being offered with the transparent back the Mi 8 Explorer comes in). The Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro comes with 6GB and 8GB of RAM, and not just 8GB as the Explorer edition. Moving on, the Xiaomi...

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New Huawei P20 and P20 Pro EMUI 9 beta update released

If you are participating in Huawei's beta testing program for EMUI 9 based on Android 9.0 Pie, then you should expect an update pretty soon. The software version is B47 9.0.0.47 and applies to the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro, The eligible model numbers getting the patch are EML-L09 and EML-L29 for the P20 and CLT-L09 and CLT-L29 for the P20 Pro. There's still no word of what the new beta brings, but these are normally all about bug fixes, stability and performance improvements. Once the software goes in its final stage and gets released to the wider public, you can expect tons of new...

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Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite camera samples teased ahead of launch

The new Xiaomi Mi 8 smartphone will be unveiled in Chengdu, China later today. First the phone appeared with the translated name Mi 8 Youth, then we expected to be actually named Mi 8X. Well, it seems like Xiaomi will launch the phone as Mi 8 Lite, as the official invitation and camera sample teaser suggests. The Chengdu Radio and TV Tower is in the center of the night shot, accompanied by the huge sign saying "See you soon, Chengdu". While this is clearly a teaser for the upcoming event in the Chinese city, it sports the typical watermark in the lower left corner where we see "Shot on Mi...

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